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OBJECTIVE:• To investigate the role of c-kit-positive interstitial cells (ICCs) in mediating muscarinic receptor-induced phasic contractions of isolated bladder strips from streptozotocin(STZ)-induced diabetic rats and to confirm the expression and location of ICCs in the rat bladder. MATERIALS AND METHODS:• Bladders were removed from STZ-induced diabetic rats at 1, 4 and 12 weeks after induction of diabetes and from age-matched controls. • To investigate the functional role of ICCs in mediating phasic contractions, bladder strips were isolated from control and diabetic rats and mounted in tissue baths. • Strips were stimulated with low concentrations of the muscarinic receptor agonist carbachol (CCH; 0.1 µm) to induce phasic contractions and the effect of increasing concentrations (1-50 µm) of imatinib (Glivec® or Gleevec®, formerly STI571), a c-kit tyrosine kinase inhibitor, was then investigated. • For molecular studies, to detect expression of the c-kit tyrosine kinase receptor (c-kit), total cellular RNA was extracted from rat bladders and reverse-transcribed to obtain complementary DNA (cDNA). • Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was then performed using primers specific to the c-kit sequence and amplified products separated by agarose gel electrophoresis. • Amplified PCR products were excised from the gel, sequenced and compared with the known c-kit sequence to confirm their identity. • For immunohistochemical detection, whole mount preparations of control rat bladders were fixed in acetone and labelled using antibodies directed to the ICC marker c-kit. RESULTS:• In functional studies, CCH induced phasic contractions in bladder strips from control and diabetic rats. Bladder strips from 1-week diabetic rats showed CCH-induced phasic contractions, which were greater in amplitude, but had lower frequency, than the controls, whilst no such differences were apparent at later time points of diabetes. • Imatinib decreased the amplitude and the frequency of the CCH-induced phasic contractions in both control and diabetic tissues in a concentration-dependent manner, although in diabetic tissues this effect was only seen at the higher concentrations of imatinib. RT-PCR of bladder cDNA yielded a single amplicon of 480 bp. • The sequence of this amplicon showed a 98% homology with the published c-kit sequence, thus confirming c-kit mRNA expression in both control and 1-week diabetic rat bladder. • Expression of c-kit protein was also detected in a network of cells on the edge of and between smooth muscle bundles of control rat bladders by positive immunoreactivity to c-kit specific antibodies. CONCLUSION:• These data show the presence of c-kit-positive ICCs in rat urinary bladder and their importance in mediating muscarinic receptor-induced phasic contractions of bladder strips from control and diabetic rats. The role of these ICCs does not seem to be significantly altered by the diabetic state.
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Vahabi B,McKay NG,Lawson K,Sellers DJdoi
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